Schmolls: Trump's Second Term Approval Is Higher Than That of the "Popular" Barack Obama and George Bush Too

Special Note: Voters claim they want "changes" but the moment someone attempts changes they recoil. They're stupid, in the main. They'll say they want all illegals deported and then when Trump deports the worst of the worst, the killers and rapists and pedophiles, the media runs stories about these nice Maryland Men and then the same people who say they want all aliens deported say "But not like this!"

Again, they're stupid.

I point this out because Trump is making truly momentous changes and those changes should be driving his popularity down very low. The stupid voters, remember. The ones who want "change" without anything actually changing. The ones who demand massive transformations without any controversy or disruption.

The fact that he is maintaining a good-but-not-great approval rating while Fundamentally Transforming the United States is a major feat.

🚨 BREAKING: It was just confirmed that President Trump has a HIGHER approval rating than both Barack Hussein Obama and George Bush at this point in their 2nd terms — RealClearPolitics

LET'S GO! Another fake news narrative decimated. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/6JnR91eKSn
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 5, 2026

Also: Trump has the highest approval rating from his own party than any president in polling history.

the Great MAGA Split

oh no we lost Jack Posobiec, whatever will we do https://t.co/IKtYfgKSyZ
— The Reaping Phase (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 5, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:28 PM

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1 Foist?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

2 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (kgE5c)

3 BLADE CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

4 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (EtnSa)

5 Or not.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 12:29 PM (kgE5c)

6 I got lost in Albuquerque

Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

7 You are either first or...not first.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

8 Afternoon, Ace.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM (kgE5c)

9 Shrub kept screwing over his base, and Obalala did everything but what he was elected to do - cut taxes and healthcare costs.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

10 I got lost in Albuquerque
Posted by: 18-1 at March 05, 2026 12:30 PM

Shoulda made that left turn.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (kgE5c)

11 And at least 5pts of that Obama score is fake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

12 Let the flailing about continue.

Posted by: huerfano at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (98kQX)

13 OT-this is the hijab wearing woman who never voted for a Republican but is running as ones d who was wearing a hijab. She's from NC:

https://tinyurl.com/wruxxsfj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (PFs9e)

14 He's not just the first place loser- he's the first place loser's understudy!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

15 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (uKtE+)

16 Trump has the highest approval rating from his own party than any president in polling history.
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Amazing how all you have to do is not betray your voters and they will approve. So much for the "big tent" theory. Which was always a lie. Repukes wanted their voters OUT of the tent.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:32 PM (Nhyh3)

17 Also: Trump has the highest approval rating from his own party than any president in polling history.

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Real Republicans vote Democrat in every election.

Nick Fuentes told me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:32 PM (GBKbO)

18 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (uKtE+)
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Paddled

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)

19 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (uKtE+)

Just like Reggie's balls.

(go with it, this needed a gay joke and that's all I got)

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:33 PM (Nhyh3)

20 Polls are commissioned by people with an agenda and/or narrative they want to push.

They're not rooted in reality.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 12:34 PM (jtM2q)

21 15 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.
Posted by: garrett
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Just like his bank account.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:34 PM (E4rtv)

22 If I can share one word of advice with your gentlemen, never marry a woman with a bigger c*ck then your own

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 05, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

23 I honestly wonder where a clown like Posobiec came from and what his special quality is. Because it sounds like he just repeats what other people say. He really has no relevant skills (and yes I know he briefly worked at ONI). Nothing he says is new or interesting and he feels like more of a clickbait farmer than an intellect.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 12:34 PM (iFEms)

24 good afternoon!

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:34 PM (1wjle)

25 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (uKtE+)
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Paddled
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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That is not funny.

Posted by: Drowned Obama Chef at March 05, 2026 12:34 PM (XeU6L)

26 Voters claim they want "changes" but the moment someone attempts changes they recoil.

I think the media's actually helping Trump here. They've stopped reporting on positive things he's doing that hurt Democrat World Domination, like the ongoing additional DOGE cuts, the rate of deportation, and things of that nature. LIVs, which include 100% of the people pretending to attack Trump from the right, complain that these things aren't happening because they're not in the media.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (2ocoG)

27 >>>Nothing he says is new or interesting and he feels like more of a clickbait farmer than an intellect.

that's literally the entire MAGA Grifter class.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (1wjle)

28 Imagine the polls if even one of the MSM networks was honest in its reporting.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (2WIwB)

29 27 >>>Nothing he says is new or interesting and he feels like more of a clickbait farmer than an intellect.

that's literally the entire MAGA Grifter class.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (1wjle)

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I thought he was talking about Rich Lowery.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (GBKbO)

30 Obama's last words were "Spit in my mouth!"

Posted by: Reggie Dressed Up as Gimp-Suit Batman at March 05, 2026 12:36 PM (1wjle)

31 Obama loves a good poll

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Nhyh3)

32 >> I honestly wonder where a clown like Posobiec came from and what his special quality is.

Once a Fed...

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:36 PM (uKtE+)

33 31 Obama loves a good poll

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Nhyh3)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:36 PM (GBKbO)

34 Big or small
Deport them all

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 12:36 PM (nn0kD)

35 If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.
If you deport his ass, you never have to feed him again.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (nn0kD)

36 Afternoon Ace.
CNN viewers choking on their breakfast. I live in a leftist area and the leftists I know are posting about Trump's decreasing popularity because they watch MSNBC and only listen to delusional pundits . People living in an alternative reality like that are the reason I think this summer will be nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (/C62k)

37 "You get used to it, though. Your brain does the translating. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead. Hey uh, you want a drink?"

news --> All I see is:

Trump down among Rs --> waaaaaa. he's doing things we don't like
"international law" --> waaaaaa. we don't want him to do that
"quagmire" --> waaaa only Ds can go to war because we know how to lose
"unprecedented" --> waaaaaa. tell bad orange man to stop

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (Fqw4x)

38 Bill reportedly had slanted polling too.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (Nhyh3)

39 >>>I thought he was talking about Rich Lowery.

them too. JeffB -- you remember him -- is a-scared because James Talarico is a once in a generation moderate political talent that will flip the TX senate blue (unless we all get behind his favorite gay traitor John Cornyn).

Meet the New Grifters, same as the Old Grifters.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (1wjle)

40 Polls are commissioned by people with an agenda and/or narrative they want to push.
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I think it was Krauthammer who said, 'Tell me what results you want, and I will frame a poll to produce those results'.

Posted by: Drowned Obama Chef at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (XeU6L)

41 Special Note: Voters claim they want "changes" but the moment someone attempts changes they recoil. They're stupid, in the main. They'll say they want all illegals deported and then when Trump deports the worst of the worst, the killers and rapists and pedophiles, the media runs stories about these nice Maryland Men and then the same people who say they want all aliens deported say "But not like this!"

Like that woman that didn't like hunting, as it killed animals, so wanted hunters to just go to the store and buy meat there...yeah, stupid.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (ynpvh)

42 Castration and repatriation would solve the whole immigration issue overnight.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (EcHpA)

43 Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.

I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.

John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill. Now, Fake News reporters and the establishment are trying to destroy me with misinformation.

The truth is clear: No one has been more loyal to Donald Trump than me—fighting the stolen 2020 election, being in Mar-a-Lago when he announced his 2024 campaign, and standing with him in NY in the face of lawfare.

For the good of our country and for the good of passing President Trump's agenda, I am determined to help him get this done.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (NpAcC)

44 Oops /Paddleboarder

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (XeU6L)

45 Obama's sucked my dick and I didn't shower and I fight crime in a rubber suit. Really SEALS IN THE FLAVOR!

Posted by: Reggie Dressed Up as Gimp-Suit Batman at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (1wjle)

46 that's literally the entire MAGA Grifter class.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (1wjle)

They cultivate a smug, morally righteous tone that is grating.

"WE KNOW BETTER!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (n9ltV)

47 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE "POLL" SOUNDS LIKE "POLE" WHICH IS PHALLIC, LIKE WHAT OBAMA LIKES IN HIS MOUTH.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (gKWVE)

48 36 Afternoon Ace.
CNN viewers choking on their breakfast. I live in a leftist area and the leftists I know are posting about Trump's decreasing popularity because they watch MSNBC and only listen to delusional pundits . People living in an alternative reality like that are the reason I think this summer will be nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (/C62k)

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What does it matter? MSNOW's reporting of Trump's campaign in 2024 showed a campaign that was literally unprepared for Kamala and was on its back heel for months which was why Kamala was going to win the election in a walk.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (GBKbO)

49 40 Polls are commissioned by people with an agenda and/or narrative they want to push.
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I think it was Krauthammer who said, 'Tell me what results you want, and I will frame a poll to produce those results'.

Posted by: Drowned Obama Chef at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (XeU6L)

The Overton window frame...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (ynpvh)

50 18 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (uKtE+)
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Paddled
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)

Filled.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

51 Kind of a shitty graph. If you put error bars on the polling, all three tracks would be about the same. In all 3 cases, Presidents steadily lost approval for about a year after inauguration, and then plateaued.

I like DJT, and he is a vastly better president than Hussein or Shrub, but this graph is not proof of that fact.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (8zz6B)

52 It looks like it is cheaper to attack Iran for a month than to stay in Afghanistan for 20 years. Trump has drawn (I hope) all the right conclusions from the mistakes of Bush and Obama.

Posted by: PG at March 05, 2026 12:39 PM (TAxKP)

53 >>>Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.
I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.

word is that the corrupt cuck John Thune is blocking the SAVE Act precisely to extort an endorsement of John Cornyn from Trump.

Dead to me. Dead.

Posted by: Reggie Dressed Up as Gimp-Suit Batman at March 05, 2026 12:39 PM (1wjle)

54 23 I honestly wonder where a clown like Posobiec came from and what his special quality is.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Part of the Bannon War Room network. If you notice, there is a segment of influencers that are resolutely refusing to deal with Bannon's prolific messaging with Epstein just before he died about how to get Trump. Nearly 2000 messages of treachery, plotting with people like Michael Wolff (another Epstein crony), and figuring out how to resurrect Epstein's reputation. Absolute radio silence from Prosobiec, Me Again Megyn, Fuentes, Tucker, Flynn, and the whole rotten crew Bannon has collected around himself.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

55 50 18 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:31 PM (uKtE+)
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Paddled
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)

Filled.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

Fudge packed

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 12:39 PM (ynpvh)

56 James Talarico is a once in a generation moderate political talent that will flip the TX senate blue (unless we all get behind his favorite gay traitor John Cornyn).

Meet the New Grifters, same as the Old Grifters.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (1wjle)

I thought that was Beto.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 12:39 PM (6ydKt)

57 >>>I like DJT, and he is a vastly better president than Hussein or Shrub, but this graph is not proof of that fact.

see my point about the momentous changes trump is making

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

58 39 >>>I thought he was talking about Rich Lowery.

them too. JeffB -- you remember him -- is a-scared because James Talarico is a once in a generation moderate political talent that will flip the TX senate blue (unless we all get behind his favorite gay traitor John Cornyn).

Meet the New Grifters, same as the Old Grifters.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:37 PM (1wjle)

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Talarico is going to lose by 15 at least.

Honestly, maybe more.

It's a pattern with blacks in Texas that vote 3-4% will just leave the Senate field blank when a white person beats a black person for the Democrat primary. Plus...there will be diminished turnout.

It's gonna be hilarious.

And JeffB will not reconsider anything when it happens.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)

59 them too. JeffB -- you remember him -- is a-scared because James Talarico is a once in a generation moderate political talent that will flip the TX senate blue (unless we all get behind his favorite gay traitor John Cornyn).

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Yep. They always sneer that we should just primary the RINOs if we hate them so much....and when we do, they go full retard leftist on us.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (vqA1l)

60 President Trump's popularity despite the news media's best efforts. The local news just finished their daily segment on the food pantry that has been set up at the airport for the selfless TSA agents working without pay.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (GPa4z)

61 What's most interesting about that graph isn't that Trump is more popular at this point than the two other loathsome limpdicks.

What's most interesting is that they all trend down almost identically, and even as they go down the "ups and downs" of the curves are very similar.

The graph for Trump and Gay Lightbringer are so similar you can almost map one on top of the other. No, it's not perfect, but it's much closer than I would have expected.

I'm sure someone with more time on their hands can map the ups and downs to routine events at the time. The similarities are too much to be a coincidence.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

62 18 Obama's numbers were severely padded, too.
Posted by: garrett

"fluffed" the approved term, according to the moron style book, is "fluffed."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (Fqw4x)

63 100% of the media worked 24/7 to pump and fluff Obama.
And that's the best rating they could get him up to?

But they're 100% against Trump 24/7 and that's the worst they can do?

Hey, maybe if they called Trump a "Hitler" or "Nazi" one more time, that time it'll work?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (HXT0k)

64 I like DJT, and he is a vastly better president than Hussein or Shrub, but this graph is not proof of that fact.

The graph doesn't claim to be making a quality judgement though, just a popularity one.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (2ocoG)

65 3 >>>Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.
I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.

I thought as much.. Wonder what Trump promised Paxton ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (VE6XX)

66 >>>Part of the Bannon War Room network. If you notice, there is a segment of influencers that are resolutely refusing to deal with Bannon's prolific messaging with Epstein just before he died about how to get Trump. Nearly 2000 messages of treachery, plotting with people like Michael Wolff (another Epstein crony), and figuring out how to resurrect Epstein's reputation. Absolute radio silence from Prosobiec, Me Again Megyn, Fuentes, Tucker, Flynn, and the whole rotten crew Bannon has collected around himself.

ask any former Breitbart employee about this fat disgusting CCP-money-taking cunt.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (1wjle)

67 51 Kind of a shitty graph. If you put error bars on the polling, all three tracks would be about the same. In all 3 cases, Presidents steadily lost approval for about a year after inauguration, and then plateaued.

I like DJT, and he is a vastly better president than Hussein or Shrub, but this graph is not proof of that fact.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (8zz6B)

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It's proof that he's not uniquely unpopular.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)

68 oh no we lost Jack Posobiec, whatever will we do

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Poso is not mentioned in the video, did I miss something?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 12:41 PM (RIvkX)

69 I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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If you did, you would not be straight.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)

70 In all 3 cases, Presidents steadily lost approval for about a year after inauguration, and then plateaued.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:38 PM (8zz6B)

You forgot your Crusher sock. 🤣

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:41 PM (Nhyh3)

71 >> JeffB -- you remember him --

I remember that his GF is a Dirty Whore.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:41 PM (uKtE+)

72 Steve Bannon. The old homeless looking guy? Had not thought about him for years.

Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 12:42 PM (pDt9x)

73 I haven't seen JeffB since I changed my X feed to "Following" and chronological order.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

74 >>>Poso is not mentioned in the video, did I miss something?

no, there was nothing in the linked stuff. Just him and cernovich and the other Candace Owens simps and other Grifters are denouncing Trump and MAGA

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle)

75 I honestly wonder where a clown like Posobiec came from and what his special quality is. Because it sounds like he just repeats what other people say. He really has no relevant skills (and yes I know he briefly worked at ONI). Nothing he says is new or interesting and he feels like more of a clickbait farmer than an intellect.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 12:34 PM (iFEms)
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Not a special pleader, but iirc he speaks Mandarin which is essential for understanding events in China.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 12:42 PM (RIvkX)

76 word is that the corrupt cuck John Thune is blocking the SAVE Act precisely to extort an endorsement of John Cornyn from Trump.

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I wouldn't be surprised. Is it worth it? The SAVE Act for Cornball to keep his seat? As much as I'd love to see him gone, I want that bill to pass. It's too important. Take Paxton and put him in the Trump Administration if that's what it takes. (Granted, I'm going back and forth over this.)

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (qBdHI)

77 @48 TJM, people still listen to the crap that is put out by the propaganda ministries. They act on , and rely on, BS. The Dems will get increasingly desperate this summer and will be crazier and crazier as Nov approaches. I think the Republicans will hold both Senate and House, but the Dems will be insane along the way

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (/C62k)

78 >> that's literally the entire MAGA Grifter class.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:35 PM (1wjle)

Truth.

There was a time when you need a certain je nes sais quoi and expertise to be a movement leader or intellect. Now it’s all about people just throwing stuff at the wall for clicks and building up their online personalities. Nowadays I’ve never heard so many people say a lot of nothing, add zero value, and don’t even have the brain synapses to carry an intellectual thought process to conclusion. It’s all alleged rumor that never comes through, provocative framing with no basis in fact, and a bunch of prognostication they pull out of their asses, that when scrutinized is nothing but a fever dream created for consumption and attention.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFEms)

79 Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.

I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.
______

Translation: Word has gone out privately that Trump is going to endorse Cornyn. Told yas.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

80 72 Steve Bannon. The old homeless looking guy? Had not thought about him for years.

Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 12:42 PM (pDt9x)

Race Bannon >>> Steve Bannon

Posted by: Jonny Quest at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

81 I never understood the Cult Of Flynn. "Decorated military officer!!" - well, so was Wesley Clark. Thank you for your service, now what are you doing for us lately?

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (gKWVE)

82 Second terms for R's have been uniformly awful but Trump is changing that bigly.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (Nhyh3)

83 Special Note: Voters claim they want "changes" but the moment someone attempts changes they recoil. They're stupid, in the main. They'll say they want all illegals deported and then when Trump deports the worst of the worst, the killers and rapists and pedophiles, the media runs stories about these nice Maryland Men and then the same people who say they want all aliens deported say "But not like this!"

Again, they're stupid.

I point this out because Trump is making truly momentous changes and those changes should be driving his popularity down very low. The stupid voters, remember. The ones who want "change" without anything actually changing. The ones who demand massive transformations without any controversy or disruption.

The fact that he is maintaining a good-but-not-great approval rating while Fundamentally Transforming the United States is a major feat.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (1wjle)

84 Special Note: Voters claim they want "changes" but the moment someone attempts changes they recoil. They're stupid, in the main. They'll say they want all illegals deported and then when Trump deports the worst of the worst, the killers and rapists and pedophiles, the media runs stories about these nice Maryland Men and then the same people who say they want all aliens deported say "But not like this!"/i]

This ultimately shows the power and limitations of FNM propaganda.

People want illegals gone, taxes down, crime down, etc. The FNM can't do much about that.

But they can turn any case where Trump works on that into a scandal. Now to your point people should be smarter then this. But they see a headline or their lefty friend says something and...they make a decision based on that and that alone.

Frankly, representative government only works when most people are engaged and paying attention...

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

85 ask any former Breitbart employee about this fat disgusting CCP-money-taking cunt.
Posted by: ace
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Never liked or trusted him as Breitbart editor. Seemed like a nasty grifter even then and his brief stint in the Trump WH confirmed it.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (E4rtv)

86 >>>Translation: Word has gone out privately that Trump is going to endorse Cornyn. Told yas.

yeah Col. Schlichter let out that bad news yesterday.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (1wjle)

87 >> Just him and cernovich and the other Candace Owens simps

Some guys like legs.

Some guys like asses.

These guys get off on Nostrils the size of Carlsbad Caverns.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (uKtE+)

88 WHAT ABOUT SINKING INNOCENT IRANIAN SHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS?

HUH? HUH?

ONLY HITLER AND TRUMP HAVE DONE THAT!

Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (n1OCj)

89 Translation: Word has gone out privately that Trump is going to endorse Cornyn. Told yas.

Newsmax was saying he'll endorse Cornyn in exchange for passing the Save Act.

This feels pretty "Reagan accepting the Dems' promises to enforce the border in 1986" to me, but we'll see.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (2ocoG)

90 "WE KNOW BETTER!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

And it really is fascinating. It is true across the spectrum of all human interaction it seems.

'You think you want it, but you don't.'

The... elites (not the right word, maybe professionals) in some field believe something to be true. They say this. The customers (whether this be purchasers or voters) say 'Nah, we don't like that.'

Then the pros go ahead and do what they want anyway. Depending on the thing it is either brutally rebuked (in the case of movies, razor blades, beer or games) or it is fought against (in the case of elections here or in Argentina or Poland or Japan.) Or it has enough of a sway to where they really can ignore the will of their supposed customer base.

This is also like a difference between the English vs French model of aristocracy. It always seemed like the english was more egalitarian and more upwardly mobile than the French. It seemed like there was more a commoner could do there. Whereas the French just kept becoming more and more an actual physical and qualitative difference between the people ruling and those ruled. And the French kept going that way until 'betters.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

91 Imma surprised Obama doesn't speak out. I wonder why?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (pZ64F)

92 What kind of graph idiot uses red and magenta for 3 lines?
Ooooh, two types of red for repubs. Dumb, make it readable. Sorry, pet peeve.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

93 I hate Cornyn but I can see Talarico getting the Dem nom pulling RINO Cornyn over the finish line.

Texas is weird, I still don't get how Beto came within 2% of Ted Cruz.

Posted by: Leupold at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (eIzlH)

94 You know what would be hilarious?

Trump endorses Cornyn.

The SAVE Act passes.

Paxton still wins.

I know that Paxton said he'd drop out, but it would still be hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

95 Turns out, Jeff Bezos is a Prometheus fan.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)

96 Not to be confused with Empire of Jeff who is himself in turn not to be confused with Emperor of Ice Cream.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (Nhyh3)

97 65 3 >>>Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.
I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.

I thought as much.. Wonder what Trump promised Paxton ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (VE6XX)

It must be great. Because I suspect this could really sour a lot of Texas conservatives on Paxton (leaving the race to saddle us with John Cornyn again, who is not exactly a beloved figure).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (nd2ez)

98 Race Bannon >>> Steve Bannon
Posted by: Jonny Quest

Ban Roll-on >> Steve Bannon

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (Fqw4x)

99 >>WHAT ABOUT SINKING INNOCENT IRANIAN SHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS?

They were just Fishermen!

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (uKtE+)

100 We have always been at war with Jeff Behar and Steve Bannon.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (GPa4z)

101 Cernovich to be fair is pro regime change in Iran. He's married to a Persian. Best I can tell he's pointing out some real downsides, like that the war is badly timed, because this is the season farmers buy fertilizer. Which is made in chemical plants which are often close to oil refineries.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (gKWVE)

102 >> Not a special pleader, but iirc he speaks Mandarin which is essential for understanding events in China.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 12:42 PM (RIvkX)

So does the guy at my local Chinese food restaurant. In fact he helped teach a bunch of .mil. I also know a few SF sergeants who speak fluent mandarin. They probably made a bigger impact in a month than a jackass like Posobiec will in his entire life.

Now that’s value.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (iFEms)

103 93 I hate Cornyn but I can see Talarico getting the Dem nom pulling RINO Cornyn over the finish line.

Texas is weird, I still don't get how Beto came within 2% of Ted Cruz.

Posted by: Leupold at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (eIzlH)

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Uniquely terrible Republican year.

And Texas has gotten much, much redder since.

Neither Dem candidate ever had a chance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (GBKbO)

104 You know what would be hilarious?

Trump endorses Cornyn.

The SAVE Act passes.

Paxton still wins.

I know that Paxton said he'd drop out, but it would still be hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

I like the way you think. At least in this one little case.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (Nhyh3)

105 I thought that was Beto.

Oh, he was yesterday's Once In a Generation. We have a new on today.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (Fs0KI)

106 That is another thing about the Rick Wilsons and the Bill Kristols or even the Candace Owens:

They believe they are the leaders of a movement, not voices for that movement. So they believe that if they change course, a bunch of the people who follow them on twitter will also change course.

That is misreading your place, fuckwads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)

107 they want all aliens deported say "But not like this!"

Someone here posted (paraphrasing) "We want less crime, safe cities, clean streets, lower taxes but I don't want you to do the things required to make that happen!"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 05, 2026 12:47 PM (RjOoY)

108 >>>101 Cernovich to be fair is pro regime change in Iran. He's married to a Persian. Best I can tell he's pointing out some real downsides, like that the war is badly timed, because this is the season farmers buy fertilizer. Which is made in chemical plants which are often close to oil refineries.

I just saw him opposing it flatly and saying this isn't what "MAGA" voted for.

I sure did. He means the MAGA Grifters.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:47 PM (1wjle)

109
I smell sabotage.

The Media is trying to get MAGA comfortable and not show up in midterms.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (IifOV)

110 >>Someone here posted (paraphrasing) "We want less crime, safe cities, clean streets, lower taxes but I don't want you to do the things required to make that happen!"

exactly. We want safe streets but isn't it mean to lock up criminals?

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (1wjle)

111 >>You know what would be hilarious?

Trump promises to endorse Cornyn if the SAVE Act passes, immediately.

Trump crawfishes at the signing ceremony and endorses Paxton.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (uKtE+)

112 Nowadays I’ve never heard so many people say a lot of nothing, add zero value, and don’t even have the brain synapses to carry an intellectual thought process to conclusion.
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*wipes drool with back of hand*

Posted by: Greasy Gavin Newsom at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (RIvkX)

113 I wouldn't be surprised. Is it worth it? The SAVE Act for Cornball to keep his seat? As much as I'd love to see him gone, I want that bill to pass. It's too important. Take Paxton and put him in the Trump Administration if that's what it takes. (Granted, I'm going back and forth over this.)
Posted by: Lady in Black

The problem is, that the corrupt states will find a way around the save act, and we'll still be stuck with fucking cornhole.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (nn0kD)

114 I would hold out for Save Act plus confirmations, recess or not.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (vqA1l)

115 I mean, sure, the numbers are better but it's close and both of those presidents faced major losses in congressional races that year.

Posted by: GrapeDrink at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (tIztq)

116 They were just Fishermen!

THEY WERE JUST SHOWING THE FLAG IN INDIA!

THEY HAD A RIGHT TO UNMOLESTED PASSAGE BACK TO IRAN!

WHAT PART OF ***INTERNATIONAL WATERS*** DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (n1OCj)

117 82 Second terms for R's have been uniformly awful but Trump is changing that bigly.
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Its like the Mad Max movies. The first was okay but the second movie defined greatness.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (pZ64F)

118 The Talerico "like Buttigeg, but gay" meme is fantastic, but honestly the guy looks more like a lizard person than a gay. He just feels skin-crawlingly fake, to an even greater extent than Newsom.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)

119 @KenPaxtonTX
The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.
I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.

Actually, this makes me respect Paxton MORE. The save act (if it does what it is supposed to) IS the most important thing.

+1 to this fucking guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

120 That is misreading your place, fuckwads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)

No they are being paid to engineer a split in the party, or if they can't get that, then the appearance of one.

As long as the media has their quotes, they can at least jerk off to that 24/7, to make it seem like Trump isn't popular and Democrats are the answer.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (Nhyh3)

121 h no we lost Jack Posobiec, whatever will we do

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Give out candy and sweets, as Iranians on the streets of Tehran are doing. Maybe gift him another "Cookies in the Oven" t-shirt he is so fond of. To stick it up his arse.

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (GD0B3)

122 I must be going by the shit Cerno posted a week ago which supported this adventure. Haven't looked in on him in the last couple days. Disappointing if he's wobbling now.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (gKWVE)

123 118 The Talerico "like Buttigeg, but gay" meme is fantastic, but honestly the guy looks more like a lizard person than a gay. He just feels skin-crawlingly fake, to an even greater extent than Newsom.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)

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He's a weird looking dude who has said a host of crazy shit and is running in an R+14 state.

I hope Democrats give him $100 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (GBKbO)

124 What's most interesting about that graph isn't that Trump is more popular at this point than the two other loathsome limpdicks.

What's most interesting is that they all trend down almost identically, and even as they go down the "ups and downs" of the curves are very similar.

The graph for Trump and Gay Lightbringer are so similar you can almost map one on top of the other. No, it's not perfect, but it's much closer than I would have expected.

I'm sure someone with more time on their hands can map the ups and downs to routine events at the time. The similarities are too much to be a coincidence.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

That is exactly the point I was trying to make: the graph is really not dispositive of anything. Other than statistical noise, the three curves are essentially the same. And I get Ace's point about the momentous changes not being reflected in the graph, but they ought to be. Suggests that the polling process is somehow flawed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (8zz6B)

125 72 Steve Bannon. The old homeless looking guy? Had not thought about him for years.
Posted by: tubal
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He has a mini constellation of people orbiting like Jack centered on his War Room show on RAV. They all are on X and it is obvious that there is collusion among them, Me Again Megyn, Flynn, Candace Ovens, and Qatarlson.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)

126 The entire premise of the MAGA grifters is sophism. Did they think Trump was going to just stand down as world threats grew into bigger problems? What exactly did the think being CiNC meant?

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (iFEms)

127 Ace, you nailed it when you said the main problem is people who want change, without changing anything.

Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (pDt9x)

128 oh no we lost Jack Posobiec, whatever will we do

NeverTrump always pretends to come back.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (RV6uI)

129 Someone here posted (paraphrasing) "We want less crime, safe cities, clean streets, lower taxes but I don't want you to do the things required to make that happen!"

The Democrats short-circuit that by saying less crime, safe cities, clean streets, and lower taxes are all racist.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

130 >>>114 I would hold out for Save Act plus confirmations, recess or not.

yes. I think Schlichter said the same thing: Trump will endorse Cornyn the moment Thune puts the Senate into recess.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (1wjle)

131 Posobiec lost his security clearance. For cause.

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)

132 The problem is, that the corrupt states will find a way around the save act, and we'll still be stuck with fucking cornhole.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (nn0kD)

For the record I also like the way you think.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (Nhyh3)

133 Trump crawfishes at the signing ceremony and endorses Paxton.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (uKtE+)

Even funnier if he says "may the best man win!" with Cornyn next to him turning pale

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (gKWVE)

134 130 yes. I think Schlichter said the same thing: Trump will endorse Cornyn the moment Thune puts the Senate into recess.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (1wjle)

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Going into recess requires a majority vote from the Senate. It's not just something Thune can order.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (GBKbO)

135 No they are being paid to engineer a split in the party, or if they can't get that, then the appearance of one.

As long as the media has their quotes, they can at least jerk off to that 24/7, to make it seem like Trump isn't popular and Democrats are the answer.
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (Nhyh3)

So you're saying they are being paid by someone else to try to steer a ship they think they control?

Maybe, it would be at least a bit more psychologically consistent and healthy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (bss/y)

136 ...so he went into youtubing for woke reich!

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (GD0B3)

137 >>>127 Ace, you nailed it when you said the main problem is people who want change, without changing anything.

it's why we can never cut spending. They say they want spending cut, but then when you cut funding for Fake Somali Autistic Daycare, they say "Oh no! Don't cut funding for Fake Somali Autistic Daycare! Think about all the Fake Somali Autistics!!!"

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

138 The report that a 2nd Iranian ship was torpedoed today has been retracted.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (1o8D5)

139 Paxton saying he'd drop out for the SAVE Act indicates their is a Republican deal in the making. He wouldn't have said that publicly if there wasn't

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (/C62k)

140 >>>
Going into recess requires a majority vote from the Senate. It's not just something Thune can order.

well the five or six cucks all want Cornyn. They have to vote for it or no Cornyn.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

141 I'm sorry, but I wish Trump would stay out of the Texas senate runoff. Either of those guys would beat Talarico by 15+. Let them fight it out.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (2UnvF)

142 He's a weird looking dude who has said a host of crazy shit and is running in an R+14 state.

I hope Democrats give him $100 million.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:49 PM (GBKbO)

He looks like a mormon missionary kid. He looks like he is maybe 17 trying to wear his dad's suit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (bss/y)

143 I'm not a Texan so I'll ask.. Would Paxton have a tough time being elected ? I though you all hated Cornyn ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (VE6XX)

144 Poso is not mentioned in the video, did I miss something?

no, there was nothing in the linked stuff. Just him and cernovich and the other Candace Owens simps and other Grifters are denouncing Trump and MAGA

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle)
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Poso and Cern are two guys I pay so little attention to that I can't even remember who they are or what they do. I recognize the names, but it's always like "Poso is the guy who ... or is that some other guy?" I assume all these guys are shameless hustlers until proven otherwise. I am rarely proven otherwise.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (iFTx/)

145 The Talerico "like Buttigeg, but gay" meme is fantastic, but honestly the guy looks more like a lizard person than a gay. He just feels skin-crawlingly fake, to an even greater extent than Newsom.

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Talarico is an uber dork. A goony nerd of the highest order. Yeah, that'll get out the black vote.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (qBdHI)

146 Sometimes I get perplexed of the GOP offering up losing candidates, but the TX dems offering up talarico and crockett as their candidates is pretty laughable. That's the best they could find?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (n5tGW)

147 137 it's why we can never cut spending. They say they want spending cut, but then when you cut funding for Fake Somali Autistic Daycare, they say "Oh no! Don't cut funding for Fake Somali Autistic Daycare! Think about all the Fake Somali Autistics!!!"

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

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The coalition to kill particular spending is never as powerful as the coalition to keep particular spending.

No one's lobbying to kill that spending in particular, but the people receiving it will lobby to keep it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (GBKbO)

148 122 I must be going by the shit Cerno posted a week ago which supported this adventure. Haven't looked in on him in the last couple days. Disappointing if he's wobbling now.
Posted by: gKWVE
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He is directionless right now. The thing about influencers is taking an L is a literal anathema to themselves and that makes the both hiveminded to avoid risk and they end up framing issues in such a way as they didn't take the L, other people did. He never was someone that gave a shit about ordinary people which is pretty much true of many of the grifters on the right online as influencers.

They care about being a celebrity and getting paid.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

149 >> The report that a 2nd Iranian ship was torpedoed today has been retracted.

Might just mean it wasn't torpedoed?

Hopefully they just sank it using other means.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (uKtE+)

150 >>>143 I'm not a Texan so I'll ask.. Would Paxton have a tough time being elected ? I though you all hated Cornyn ?

we do hate Cornyn. But word is that Trump is going to force Paxton to drop out because the cucks (Thune, firstly) have convinced him Paxton would lose. And thune is extorting a vote on the SAVE act to force Trump to back Cornyn.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (1wjle)

151 Off topic; but I am including it because it is such an "Ace" like phrasing - coming from a military analyst.

"Now, we're using the BUFFs. The B-52, wonderful though it is, is about as stealthy as a D-9 Caterpillar driving over a pile of wrecked cars. It's slow. It has the radar cross-section of New Zealand and the infrared signature of an erupting volcano. Its use in and around Iran means one main thing: The Iranians have nothing left with which to shoot at them."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (HlyYF)

152 140 >>>
Going into recess requires a majority vote from the Senate. It's not just something Thune can order.

well the five or six cucks all want Cornyn. They have to vote for it or no Cornyn.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (1wjle)

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I strongly suspect it's like 12-15, at a minimum.

Appointment confirmations is like all the Senate does anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (GBKbO)

153 Would Paxton have a tough time being elected ?

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that's a question for Trump, he has all the polls and all the dirt on each

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (GD0B3)

154 CNN forced to report that Donald Trump is MORE POPULAR...

The numbers guy really seems to enjoy rubbing CNN's viewers' noses in it. It's a humiliation for all of their non-airport viewers.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (RV6uI)

155 we do hate Cornyn. But word is that Trump is going to force Paxton to drop out because the cucks (Thune, firstly) have convinced him Paxton would lose. And thune is extorting a vote on the SAVE act to force Trump to back Cornyn.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (1wjle)

Damn

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (VE6XX)

156 Cerno sounds like he is speaking through a mouthful of semen.

Can't stand that guy.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (uKtE+)

157 >>>He looks like a mormon missionary kid. He looks like he is maybe 17 trying to wear his dad's suit.

He looks like the Ugly Pelican Gabe from The Office.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (1wjle)

158 So, I guess there was some sort of election in Texas the other day...

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (77rzZ)

159 Also: Trump has the highest approval rating from his own party than any president in polling history.

Whose party?

I think it’s a legitimate question whether Trump really is a Republican or not. Here in Texas, we have actual Democrats running in Republican primaries, presumably either to (a) fool the public, or (b) avoid the Democrat Machine (or possibly both). No sane person would say that “their own party” rejected them or censured them or tried to stop them from winning if the Republican Party did officially try to stop them.

Ditto with actual Republicans running a Democrat primary and here even the press would avoid making that mistake.

From the outside looking in, it often seems as though the Republican Party treats Trump the same way.

Best case scenario is, Republican voters stage a revolt much like the NRA’s Revolt at Cincinnati and (hopefully) the more recent NRA revolt, to remake the Party into something new (and something more like it’s founding).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (EXyHK)

160 The Democrats short-circuit that by saying less crime, safe cities, clean streets, and lower taxes are all racist.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

Actually I think they specifically blame every one of those things on whites:

Crime - whites are the real thieves
Safety - white oppression causes crime
Clean Streets - white corporations are the polluters
Taxes - white people don't pay enough taxes

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (Nhyh3)

161 The report that a 2nd Iranian ship was torpedoed today has been retracted.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 05, 2026 12:51 PM (1o8D5)

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Whoever denied it supplied it! Or something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (RIvkX)

162 Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: And we all know it at March 05, 2026 12:55 PM (HU4ZK)

163 Actually I think they specifically blame every one of those things on whites:

Crime - whites are the real thieves
Safety - white oppression causes crime
Clean Streets - white corporations are the polluters
Taxes - white people don't pay enough taxes
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (Nhyh3)
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Your doctoral thesis is APPROVED

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 12:55 PM (RIvkX)

164 Hear me out, Trump gets the Save Act vote, with Cornyn, forces Cornyn to retire early in a year or so, Abbot appoints some glorious candidate. Winning! SWIM? 5 LEVEL CHESS!

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 12:55 PM (GD0B3)

165 How do you retract a torpedo

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 05, 2026 12:55 PM (HU4ZK)

166 Hopefully they just sank it using other means.
Posted by: garrett

They put Stacey Abrams aboard it.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 12:56 PM (77rzZ)

167 >>>"Now, we're using the BUFFs. The B-52, wonderful though it is, is about as stealthy as a D-9 Caterpillar driving over a pile of wrecked cars. It's slow. It has the radar cross-section of New Zealand and the infrared signature of an erupting volcano. Its use in and around Iran means one main thing: The Iranians have nothing left with which to shoot at them."

i think this is what Trump and Rubio meant about the "Big Wave" not having started yet. We're wrapping up the smaller, super-accurate, expensive missile campaign, and moving to just dropping tons of relatively cheap gravity bombs.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:56 PM (1wjle)

168 Win and Win!

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 12:56 PM (GD0B3)

169 108 >>>101 Cernovich to be fair is pro regime change in Iran. He's married to a Persian. Best I can tell he's pointing out some real downsides, like that the war is badly timed, because this is the season farmers buy fertilizer. Which is made in chemical plants which are often close to oil refineries.

I just saw him opposing it flatly and saying this isn't what "MAGA" voted for.

I sure did. He means the MAGA Grifters.
Posted by: ace
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And his fertilizer hot take is worth less than real bullshit. US is the leading mfg of fertilizer in the world and our farmers are fine, those in countries that rely on fertilizer outside the Western hemisphere, they have an issue because the Persian Gulf fertilizer markets are Asia, Middle East, etc.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

170 we do hate Cornyn. But word is that Trump is going to force Paxton to drop out because the cucks (Thune, firstly) have convinced him Paxton would lose. And thune is extorting a vote on the SAVE act to force Trump to back Cornyn.
Posted by: ace

If you don't think that the corrupt states have already figured out how to get around the save act I've got oceanfront property for sale in Arizona

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 12:56 PM (nn0kD)

171 Actually, this makes me respect Paxton MORE. The save act (if it does what it is supposed to) IS the most important thing.

Yes. I would much rather have Paxton in the Senate than Cornyn (SBUH). But significantly saner elections in the future outweighs the benefits of one Senator.

The way Paxton worded it is correct, too. It has to be passed, not just promised to be passed at some indeterminate point in the future.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (EXyHK)

172 Lunch time! Don’t stand in the pantry grazing and then eat a meal. Grab your ingredients and make it. I just had sautéed veggies (all the little leftovers just sitting there not being enough for one particular thing) over an ancient grain blend (amaranth, quinoa, millet, barley, and flax with a little brown rice). It wasn’t pretty, but I am full. 😄

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (BgmlQ)

173
Amazing how all you have to do is not betray your voters and they will approve. So much for the "big tent" theory. Which was always a lie. Repukes wanted their voters OUT of the tent.
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:32 PM (Nhyh3)

The GOPe cocksuckers used the "big tent theory" name to describe their treachery against the conservative base, opening the tent flaps for leftists and Donk moles while kicking out conservatives.

I have a different idea for a "big tent theory". You're welcome to take shelter in the tent, under the following conditions:

Always vote with the conservative base, under pain of death

Keep your whore mouth shut during campaigns

Never ever engage in sabotage behind the scenes

In return, you can stand with a conservative community that doesn't treat you like a slave, a community that you can trust even if you don't agree on everything, unlike those Donk commie cocksuckers,.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (HXiQ2)

174 >>Abbot appoints some glorious candidate.

Not liking what I hear about Abbot's primary financial backing. It's beginning to sound like the Texas Republican Party is deep in the sheets with their outsized islamic community.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (uKtE+)

175 Hear me out, Trump gets the Save Act vote, with Cornyn, forces Cornyn to retire early in a year or so, Abbot appoints some glorious candidate. Winning! SWIM? 5 LEVEL CHESS!
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 12

And names Paxton as next AG when Bondi steps down

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (lCppi)

176 Talarico reminds me for some reason of Andy Kaufman doing his Mighty Mouse 'Here I Come to Save the Day..."

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 05, 2026 12:58 PM (qBdHI)

177 Newsmax was saying he'll endorse Cornyn in exchange for passing the Save Act.

This feels pretty "Reagan accepting the Dems' promises to enforce the border in 1986" to me, but we'll see.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (2ocoG)

- Trump endorses Cornyn for the SAVE Act
- SAVE Act passes, Paxton drops out and gets what's behind door 2

- or -

- Trump endorses Cornyn for the SAVE Act
- SAVE Act doesn't pass, Paxton doesn't drop out, Trump withdraws endorsement and talks about how the Senate GOP betrayed both him and the country

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

178 150 >>>143 I'm not a Texan so I'll ask.. Would Paxton have a tough time being elected ? I though you all hated Cornyn ?

we do hate Cornyn. But word is that Trump is going to force Paxton to drop out because the cucks (Thune, firstly) have convinced him Paxton would lose. And thune is extorting a vote on the SAVE act to force Trump to back Cornyn.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (1wjle)

I don't think there's any chance Paxton would lose. He's got a proven track record winning state elections here, and there is no new dirt on him (it's all already been slung at him, repeatedly). It's a made-up concern by the GOPe. Cornyn had to spend something like $100 million to fight Paxton to a tie in the primary.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 05, 2026 12:58 PM (nd2ez)

179 we do hate Cornyn. But word is that Trump is going to force Paxton to drop out because the cucks (Thune, firstly) have convinced him Paxton would lose. And thune is extorting a vote on the SAVE act to force Trump to back Cornyn.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (1wjle)
=====

This is how politics works. Is it good and right? But it is what it is.

My cynicism choked out my idealism 30 yers ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 12:58 PM (RIvkX)

180 >>And his fertilizer hot take is worth less than real bullshit.

It's March.

Does he think the Fertilizer needed for the US season is still sitting at the Supplier's Warehousing Facilities?

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:58 PM (uKtE+)

181 Paxton should have remained Texas AG.. he was fantastic...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:58 PM (VE6XX)

182 Tirico would make a good Mikey on the Life cereal boxes if they wanted one that looks like he would bite your face off

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 12:59 PM (Nhyh3)

183 Does ancient grain rice come with an expiration date measured in millennia?

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 05, 2026 12:59 PM (HU4ZK)

184 I strongly suspect it's like 12-15, at a minimum.

Appointment confirmations is like all the Senate does anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The blue slip policy is simply not sustainable nor is blocking permanent DAs in blue states and district court nominees due to an exaggerated and ahistoric view of senatorial courtesy.

Blue slip came around as a way for the South to block segregationist judges during the Wilson era.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

185 It's almost as if most of the negativity is propaganda...

Posted by: steevy at March 05, 2026 12:59 PM (YwEeS)

186 If you don't think that the corrupt states have already figured out how to get around the save act I've got oceanfront property for sale in Arizona

Fair enough. But make them have to try. This is not an excuse for letting them continue to same old tried-and-tested fraud.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 12:59 PM (EXyHK)

187 Talarico is an uber dork. A goony nerd of the highest order. Yeah, that'll get out the black vote.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (qBdHI)

"Dorky demon-possessed seminarian"

Needs some work...

Posted by: pookysgirl will think on it at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Wt5PA)

188 165 How do you retract a torpedo

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 05, 2026 12:55 PM (HU4ZK)

Very carefully.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (ynpvh)

189 And names Paxton as next AG when Bondi steps down

==

I saw something about Mullin. Oklahoma gov is an R, so also safe.

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (GD0B3)

190 "Dorky demon-possessed seminarian"

Needs some work...
Posted by: pookysgirl will think on it at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Wt5PA)
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We'll workshop it

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (RIvkX)

191 The TX Senate race is a prime example of the barriers we face. We finally get a golden chance to replace a red-state GOPe cuck with one of ours, and suddenly everyone gets wobbly.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 05, 2026 01:01 PM (vqA1l)

192 Trump crawfishes at the signing ceremony and endorses Paxton.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (uKtE+)

Trump keeps his word. He'd never be able to get another deal done with Congress if he did that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:01 PM (ExV1e)

193 180 >>And his fertilizer hot take is worth less than real bullshit.

It's March.

Does he think the Fertilizer needed for the US season is still sitting at the Supplier's Warehousing Facilities?
Posted by: garrett
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Someone gave him a stat and not knowing any farmers nor the agriculture industry, he turned it into fake news analysis from one true factoid, Persian Gulf provides fertilizer and that is at risk.

He assumed it meant the US would be affected because he never bothered to do a few clicks to find out.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

194
How do you retract a torpedo

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 05, 2026 12:55 PM (HU4ZK)

You take away his tor access

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:01 PM (Nhyh3)

195

Wait, we lost Jack?

Oh no. Oh NO.

Talarico is faker than Beta O'Dork. He has a Kenneth Copeland vibe going on too.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at March 05, 2026 01:01 PM (et1vG)

196 we do hate Cornyn. But word is that Trump is going to force Paxton to drop out because the cucks (Thune, firstly) have convinced him Paxton would lose. And thune is extorting a vote on the SAVE act to force Trump to back Cornyn.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (1wjle)

Damn
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (VE6XX)
______

Paxton would not lose. But the money and hype machine behind that gay homosexual retard faggot, and his thrashing in the primary of an even more heavily hyped Next Big Thing, has spooked a lot of people on our side.

They see another Beto and another flood of out-of-state money and get queasy thinking how close that one election was with Cruz.

Cornyn is a sure thing to win and win big. Trump and others are taking the sure thing over the ideologically better loose cannon (Paxton). Things might have been different if Paxton beat Cornyn on Tuesday. But he didn't.

That, plus worries about how his bad domestic behavior will play in the general, means the powers that be aren't going to risk it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

197 190 "Dorky demon-possessed seminarian"

Needs some work...
Posted by: pookysgirl will think on it at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Wt5PA)
===

We'll workshop it

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (RIvkX)

Reminds me of a bad joke...What is a reverse exorcism?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 01:02 PM (ynpvh)

198 Everyone love His Majesty The Shahinshah.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:02 PM (fYhK6)

199
and moving to just dropping tons of relatively cheap gravity bombs.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:56 PM (1wjle)

Carpet-bombing with B52s using dumb bombs is EXTREMELY accurate. The bombs always hit the ground. Always.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 05, 2026 01:02 PM (HXiQ2)

200 A regular exorcism is when a priest tells the devil to get out of a boy.
A reverse exorcism is when the devil tells the priest to get out of the boy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 01:02 PM (ynpvh)

201
Do Texans really care who Trump endorses? Will it affect their vote?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 01:02 PM (pAy1S)

202 >>How do you retract a torpedo

Cold Water.

Posted by: George Costanza at March 05, 2026 01:03 PM (uKtE+)

203 Dorky heretic James Talerico. He could be a character in the Screwtape Letters.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 05, 2026 01:03 PM (SXxzC)

204 What they should do is get Thune and Cornyn in the Oval Office and have the Secret Service beat the shit out of them.

I kid of course.

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 01:03 PM (ZxPkt)

205 The ones who want "change" without anything actually changing. The ones who demand massive transformations without any controversy or disruption.

Exactly. Our worldwide "Reform" movements cater to this. Violent regime changes leaving all the weapons, military, intelligence, and media organizations, personnel, and international agreements in place.

Posted by: The CIA at March 05, 2026 01:03 PM (nmw7B)

206 "Dorky demon-possessed seminarian"

Needs some work...
Posted by: pookysgirl will think on it at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Wt5PA)
===

We'll workshop it

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 01:00 PM (RIvkX)
______

Semenarian

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:03 PM (iFTx/)

207 @118 -- Dude, he looks like a gay lizard person. Embrace...oh, you know the drill.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:03 PM (XMwZJ)

208 I'm not a Texan so I'll ask.. Would Paxton have a tough time being elected ? I though you all hated Cornyn ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:52 PM (VE6XX)

Paxton is not a virgin, riding on a white horse, who has never spoken a vulgar word nor tasted alcohol. There is a component of the GOP, particularly the southern GOP who get pissy about stupid shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:03 PM (ExV1e)

209 You know what would be hilarious?

Trump endorses Cornyn.

The SAVE Act passes.

Paxton still wins.

I know that Paxton said he'd drop out, but it would still be hilarious.
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I kinda think, even if he "drops out" he still has to appear on the runoff ballot ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (HXT0k)

210 Looks like the Chinese are getting squirrelly about their hardware not working and getting smoked. Apparently the Chinese FM, Mr Wang (no I’m not kidding) is complaining our “war” is illegal. He also said, without a shred of humility and self awareness, that attacking civilians is a red line. Please stop laughing. Oh also, and this is the real reason, we shouldn’t hit non military targets which means their factories helping Iran build hardware. Lol

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (wJXLk)

211 209 I kinda think, even if he "drops out" he still has to appear on the runoff ballot ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (HXT0k)

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He will.

But, Cornyn will end up with like 85% of the vote if Paxton drops out.

I can still dream.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)

212 WSJ says Trump is going to fire Noem.

Again.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (wJXLk)

213 210 Looks like the Chinese are getting squirrelly about their hardware not working and getting smoked. Apparently the Chinese FM, Mr Wang (no I’m not kidding) is complaining our “war” is illegal. He also said, without a shred of humility and self awareness, that attacking civilians is a red line. Please stop laughing. Oh also, and this is the real reason, we shouldn’t hit non military targets which means their factories helping Iran build hardware. Lol

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (wJXLk)

too bad the Paki call centers aren't located in Iran...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 01:05 PM (ynpvh)

214 212 WSJ says Trump is going to fire Noem.

Again.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (wJXLk)

I'd be okay with that

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 01:05 PM (VE6XX)

215 🚨 BREAKING: It was just confirmed that President Trump has a HIGHER approval rating than both Barack Hussein Obama and George Bush at this point in their 2nd terms — RealClearPolitics

LET'S GO! Another fake news narrative decimated. 🇺🇸

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"That's only because half the population are Jewish-Puppet Mossad Double-Agents, h8r!"

/Cucker Qatarlson

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 01:05 PM (KKKz+)

216 Regarding the above graph...run the same firmware, get the same result + or - a small amount.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 05, 2026 01:06 PM (vd6bO)

217 Translation: Word has gone out privately that Trump is going to endorse Cornyn. Told yas.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

*throws temper tantrum* Nooooo!! I voted for Paxton to get this worm out of here. Damn.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at March 05, 2026 01:06 PM (k9OZB)

218 What did Noem do to have Trump want to fire her ?

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:06 PM (GD0B3)

219 Noem is doing a great job. Trump said so last week.

I’m unclear what the premise for firing her would be.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:06 PM (wJXLk)

220 @208 -- Yeah, maybe. But most of those people (I hope) now realize that we're not voting for Pope, or Daddy, or Austere Religious Scholar, but for the guy who's most likely to get done the shit that we want done.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:07 PM (XMwZJ)

221 After dropping out, Paxton should put out a statement that if he were, however, to win a write in vote, he would accept.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 05, 2026 01:07 PM (sl73Y)

222 Let me think. How did Noem sin, to be cast into outer darkness, where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth?

Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 01:07 PM (pDt9x)

223 Translation: Word has gone out privately that Trump is going to endorse Cornyn. Told yas.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

So what?

Cornyn has had his day. I am not interested in making him a 30 year Senator because Trump endorses him. Just a few short years ago Cornyn was going around cheerfully chirping that the Trump era was over and that we need to move on.

Send him home to DC.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:07 PM (fYhK6)

224 Nobody puts the screws on Donny Two Scoops.

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 01:07 PM (ZxPkt)

225 The WSJ has become another liberal cuck nest. It’s almost unreadable.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:07 PM (wJXLk)

226 I think Noem is doing a good job, too.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (77rzZ)

227 @210 the Chinese are crapping themselves for a number of reasons. They've had an attempted coup with purges , their property sector sucks, the move to bringing manufacturing there and other places us killing employment and their new aircraft carrier is back in port for extensive repairs. They are making any big moves against US or Taiwan any time soon

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (/C62k)

228 The way Paxton worded it is correct, too. It has to be passed, not just promised to be passed at some indeterminate point in the future.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (EXyHK)

It also puts pressure on Cornyn because Paxton has said, "They're asking me to take the hit in favor of getting this done, and I'm willing because I love Texas, so let's see if they were lying or not."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (ExV1e)

229 Which George Bush, Fredo the Elder or Younger?

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (KKKz+)

230 Translation: Word has gone out privately that Trump is going to endorse Cornyn. Told yas.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

Hehehe. It's working~ !

Posted by: Secret Texas Senator at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (lCppi)

231 Per Grok, Paxton must withdraw by March 18th or the runoff proceeds and he will be on the ballot.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (HXT0k)

232 half the population are Jewish-Puppet Mossad Double-Agents,

High little girl! Wanna help me and the puppet find my lost kitten? I have candy!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (Kt19C)

233
He also said, without a shred of humility and self awareness, that attacking civilians is a red line.

Only an uncivilized capitalist running-dog barbarian like Trump would attack civilians. Enlightened Marxist-Leninists starve civilians to death by confiscating their crops.

Posted by: Mr Wang at March 05, 2026 01:08 PM (HXiQ2)

234 Cornyn is a sure thing to win and win big. Trump and others are taking the sure thing over the ideologically better loose cannon (Paxton). Things might have been different if Paxton beat Cornyn on Tuesday. But he didn't.

That, plus worries about how his bad domestic behavior will play in the general, means the powers that be aren't going to risk it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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I think your analysis is correct.

And to some degree, like Rudy Giuliani, Paxton has himself to blame. The impeachment was not his fault, deciding to unzip and play grab ass was and the fact, like Newt, Paxton already had enemies, he handed those enemies a dagger to do him in.

Heck, the grab em' by the pussy remarks by Trump long before the 2016 election damn near sank his candidacy.

One of the reasons that we get such plastic politicians as only the type that as a group, they are risk averse to the extreme because each public statement, relationship, etc. can be turned into a weapon by their foes. Makes them dishonest too as admitting mistakes often means defeat.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)

235 220 @208 -- Yeah, maybe. But most of those people (I hope) now realize that we're not voting for Pope, or Daddy, or Austere Religious Scholar, but for the guy who's most likely to get done the shit that we want done.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:07 PM (XMwZJ)

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GOPe seems to rear its ugly head in Texas more prominently there than anywhere else.

I'm sure that the registration advantage (well, fake registration advantage, no registration by party in TX) will keep Paxton heathfully above water, leading to an easy win of 10 or so.

But I would suspect that Cornyn would win by slightly more because "I hate unethical people in government, so I'm voting for Cornyn who lies about his positions instead."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO)

236 Do Texans really care who Trump endorses? Will it affect their vote?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

If Paxton drops out because of back room deals, yes, it will affect my vote.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:09 PM (nn0kD)

237 Cornyn spent $70M+ on ads in our market. Those ads just made me hate him even more, and only served to remind me what a stupid looking douche that guy is. What a maroon...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:10 PM (XMwZJ)

238 China just set their lowest growth target since 1990. They are also getting their asses kicked in the world stage. That’s because we finally have a president who has said we won’t be financing our own demise vis-à-vis the Chinese.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:11 PM (wJXLk)

239 Status Quotidians. We would but we can't because.....

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:11 PM (+nEug)

240 the Great MAGA Split

oh no we lost Jack Posobiec, whatever will we do

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"I'm pretty sure that he conspired with Erika Kirk and Andrew Kolvet to murder Charlie Kirk."

/obligatory Charlie Kirk

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 01:11 PM (KKKz+)

241 The Democrats short-circuit that by saying less crime, safe cities, clean streets, and lower taxes are all racist.
———
De-segregation was a huge mistake, then.

Right? I mean, it’s not debatable. They did this at gunpoint, via the 101st Airborne. And then 75 years later let a bunch of saboteurs destroy the system, and retards from the peanut gallery call everyone Nazis.

LOL!! I mean, you can’t make this shit up.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (ACATy)

242 > "Now, we're using the BUFFs. The B-52, wonderful though it is, is about as stealthy as a D-9 Caterpillar driving over a pile of wrecked cars.
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It tells me that the anti-air threat from SAM's is zero or nearly so. Still, the H model BUFF's we're flying have pretty good electronic warfare kit, so maybe the only threat is from antiquated, Soviet or Chinese shit.

I figure they're going after the remaining Iranian ballistic missiles... in storage or otherwise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (jtM2q)

243 we do hate Cornyn. But word is that Trump is going to force Paxton to drop out because the cucks (Thune, firstly) have convinced him Paxton would lose. And thune is extorting a vote on the SAVE act to force Trump to back Cornyn.
Posted by: ace at March 05, 2026 12:53 PM (1wjle)

Damn
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:54 PM (VE6XX)

And unfortunately he may be right. Certainly the playing field is tougher for us with Paxton because of the dirt (true or not) that will be dredged and re-dredged. Cornyn turns off the morons and some others, but has the support of the middle section of Texas republicans. Sad but true. Paxton could definitely win, but ...

Posted by: Secret Texas Senator at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (lCppi)

244 Pubs would not really vote for Talarico instead of Cornyn, would they? Whyyyy?

Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (pDt9x)

245 Cucker is trying to get Jews killed. He thinks that no one will point to his non-stop antisemitic incitement, because he thinks that his agitprop will falls under some freedom of speech clause.

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (GD0B3)

246 226 I think Noem is doing a good job, too.
Posted by: Bulg
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And she got blasted up and down the last couple of days even by some GOP members. Thom Tillis, that repugnant piece of shit was moralizing to the high heavens denouncing her. And good ole avuncular Sen. Kennedy, who I think is probably a treacherous POS in reality, was also stabbing her in the back.

They were doing it because their Chamber of Commerce masters are getting desperate for cheap labor and illegals and the taps are turned off with Noem.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv)

247 Eh, look at Cornyn’s voting record. When you do that there’s very little that screams I’m a RINO. People are largely flogging him for that one vote.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (wJXLk)

248 After dropping out, Paxton should put out a statement that if he were, however, to win a write in vote, he would accept.

No, he shouldn’t. A huge part of his appeal is that he doesn’t play the fence-riding games or normal politicians.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (EXyHK)

249 Pubs would not really vote for Talarico instead of Cornyn, would they? Whyyyy?
Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (pDt9x)

Not many would vote D, but many might not come out to vote, or just abstain, if Paxton is at the top. IMO. And the run off will be VERY expensive, hurting whoever ultimately wins.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 01:13 PM (lCppi)

250 Screwtape would complain that Talerico is a bland,flavorless sort of heretic.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 05, 2026 01:14 PM (SXxzC)

251 Yes.... I could not agree with you more, Ace: Voters are stupid in the main. It's painful...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 05, 2026 01:14 PM (xT8gx)

252 250 Screwtape would complain that Talerico is a bland,flavorless sort of heretic.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 05, 2026 01:14 PM (SXxzC)

======

Utterly unconvincing and more of a parody than someone earnestly trying to corrupt souls.

Not worth Hell's time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

253 GOPe seems to rear its ugly head in Texas more prominently there than anywhere else.

I'm sure that the registration advantage (well, fake registration advantage, no registration by party in TX) will keep Paxton heathfully above water, leading to an easy win of 10 or so.

But I would suspect that Cornyn would win by slightly more because "I hate unethical people in government, so I'm voting for Cornyn who lies about his positions instead."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO)

Just look at my State Rep, Ken King. He can’t shut up about how conservative he is but he HATES conservatives with a passion. His constituents are the casino lobby and the taxpayer funded lobbies like TASB. He’ll talk to them but has no time for people in his own district. He held up many Republican priority bills as the Chairman of the State Affairs committee in the HR. Ranked the third most liberal Republican, he yet won the primary the other day.

There are a ton of people who would be Dems if they could get away with it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:15 PM (fYhK6)

254 245 Cucker is trying to get Jews killed. He thinks that no one will point to his non-stop antisemitic incitement, because he thinks that his agitprop will falls under some freedom of speech clause.
Posted by: runner

He is repeating Alexander Dugin and Qatarlson is aiming specifically at the Chabad movement saying that US and Israel are trying to build the Third Temple. Huckabee was unwise enough to play along in his interview with Qatarlson as a biblical scholar pointing out the promised greater Israel in the Bible. Qatarlson is using that in part to smear the US and Israel about sekret plans centered around a Third Temple construction.

He is a thoroughly vile and nasty critter along with his even more vile brother Buckley who is also on X.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)

255 That’s because we finally have a president who has said we won’t be financing our own demise vis-à-vis the Chinese.
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Agreed. Seems to be making moves of depriving China of resources on a significant scale. But then the intel agency budgets are still huge, no COVID accountability, still H1-B visas while laying-off citizens, control grid rapidly being built, and only a show of deportation nowhere near the necessary level.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 05, 2026 01:15 PM (vd6bO)

256 I didn't vote for Cornyn last time and didn't this time.

Don't bother calling his Senate office because they won't pick up the phone and don't want to hear from you.
Showing up in Texas for a few weeks every 6 years is not representation

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (+nEug)

257 What are the odds that pdt call xi and says this will all stop if xi calls his iranian buddies and invites them to all live in some empty town in mongolia, never to darken a door in Tehran again.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (X1fGu)

258 Buckley and Tucker - sound like Corgis.

Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (pDt9x)

259 If Noem looked like Helen Thomas she'd wouldn't have problems.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (IifOV)

260 247 Eh, look at Cornyn’s voting record. When you do that there’s very little that screams I’m a RINO. People are largely flogging him for that one vote.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (wJXLk)

I will interrupt you being Cornyn’s apologist for a moment: he’s been in the Senate 24 years yet has never had a leadership position. That should tell you even his own party has no use for him,

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (fYhK6)

261 And names Paxton as next AG when Bondi steps down
Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (lCppi)

Why do people believe that the Senate would confirm Paxton?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:17 PM (ExV1e)

262 Showing up in Texas for a few weeks every 6 years is not representation
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM

I see you've met the MA congressional delegation.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 01:17 PM (kgE5c)

263 [O/T and BREAKING:]

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Ken Paxton wrote:

"The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.

I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.
John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill..."

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 01:17 PM (/eyIH)

264 Just a few short years ago Cornyn was going around cheerfully chirping that the Trump era was over and that we need to move on.
———

Profiles In Courage!

It is astonishing, really, how even rock solid conservative normal states can (somehow) have such ill-representative douche bags. And Democrat states don’t perhaps deserve the rancid, ambulatory feces they have representing them either.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 05, 2026 01:17 PM (ACATy)

265 258 Buckley and Tucker - sound like Corgis.
Posted by: tubal
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Norwegian wharf rats.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (E4rtv)

266 Pure speculation - Trump, in the speech when he came down the escalator in 2015, said he was going to bomb Iran, and BO and ValJar got wind of Trump planning to do this in his 2nd term, ran the Russia Collusion and ballot stuffing ops to protect their lunatic allies in Tehran. I'd like to see the new Iranian regime turn over the mullah's classified docs, could be interesting.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (Dv3i1)

267 Eh, look at Cornyn’s voting record. When you do that there’s very little that screams I’m a RINO. People are largely flogging him for that one vote.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (wJXLk)
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He claims a 99% voting record with Trump. I can't vouch for that, but I have not heard anyone from the Paxton camp deny it. I don't live in TX so I don't pay as much attention to this one way or the other. Whoever is Senator in TX is out of my control.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

268 Cucker is only "criticizing ishrael" when he point to some Jewish outreach organization, which votes Republican by the way, and makes this perfidious cabal solely responsible for Trump's hit on the iranian regime. What's wrong Cucker, your visits to the WH made you look like a cognitive cripple ?

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (GD0B3)

269 256 I didn't vote for Cornyn last time and didn't this time.

Don't bother calling his Senate office because they won't pick up the phone and don't want to hear from you.
Showing up in Texas for a few weeks every 6 years is not representation
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (+nEug)

Yes. And as much as many here hate Ted Cruz, his office responds to my requests and communication.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (fYhK6)

270
I can only dip into this topic from time to time, but what I'm seeing is genuine concern that Paxton would LOSE to Talarico???

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 01:19 PM (pAy1S)

271 Oh, look...video of Talarico citing the Gospel to support transgenderism:

@Protestia
·
23h
Texas senate hopeful James Talarico uses the gnostic 'Gospel of Thomas' to prove that Jesus was a feminist, offering that men must not be male, but must be female, and vice versa.

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Oh, the Gospel of Thomas is in Bibles, right?

There is a solid chance that Talarico has the worst performance for a statewide Democrat in like 20 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:19 PM (GBKbO)

272 Buckley and Tucker - sound like Corgis.
Posted by: tubal

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Norwegian wharf rats.
Posted by: whig

Our attorneys will be in touch.
-- Corgis and Norwegian Wharf Rats United

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 01:19 PM (77rzZ)

273 Pubs would not really vote for Talarico instead of Cornyn, would they? Whyyyy?
Posted by: tubal

would you rather have your enemy standing in front of you looking you in the eye, or a suppose Ally standing behind you fucking you in the ass every chance he gets? Would I vote for Talarico, no. But Cornyn can win without my vote, or so everyone says.

So fine. Win it without me.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:19 PM (nn0kD)

274 He also said, without a shred of humility and self awareness, that attacking civilians is a red line. Please stop laughing. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:04 PM (wJXLk)

There are a number of mass graves in Angola that beg to differ

Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)

275 The Trump era has really changed the playbook. Paxton making a great offer that either results in the SAVE Act or in Cornyn's complete unseating.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (sX1BW)

276 He claims a 99% voting record with Trump. I can't vouch for that, but I have not heard anyone from the Paxton camp deny it. I don't live in TX so I don't pay as much attention to this one way or the other. Whoever is Senator in TX is out of my control.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

He claims that NOW. A few short years ago he was very cheerfully chirping that Trump was done and we need to move on. Trump wins again and now all of a sudden he’s Trump’s biggest buddy.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (fYhK6)

277 Oh, look...video of Talarico citing the Gospel to support transgenderism:

@Protestia
·
23h
Texas senate hopeful James Talarico uses the gnostic 'Gospel of Thomas' to prove that Jesus was a feminist, offering that men must not be male, but must be female, and vice versa.

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Oh, the Gospel of Thomas is in Bibles, right?

There is a solid chance that Talarico has the worst performance for a statewide Democrat in like 20 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:19 PM (GBKbO)
________

He meant "Game of Thrones"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

278 That $70M that Cornyn spent on the primary (so far) is just an obscene amount of money for any political office. The more I think about it, the more it offends me. No, just no.... It's wasteful and gratuitous

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (xT8gx)

279 RMBS, I feel for your plight.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (+nEug)

280 would be nice to see them cluster bomb whatever port is holding Iran's 1000 "swift boats" and unmanned drone boats. One of them just hit some tanker ... last night I think.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (vbXSk)

281 269 256 I didn't vote for Cornyn last time and didn't this time.

Don't bother calling his Senate office because they won't pick up the phone and don't want to hear from you.
Showing up in Texas for a few weeks every 6 years is not representation
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:16 PM (+nEug)

Yes. And as much as many here hate Ted Cruz, his office responds to my requests and communication.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (fYhK6)

As much as I prefer Paxton, the one interaction I had with Cornyn's staff (years ago) was positive; they struck me a savvy in terms of constituent relations, so I'm surprised to hear they fumbled in that area.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (nd2ez)

282 he’s been in the Senate 24 years yet has never had a leadership position.

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To me all this TX stuff is inside baseball, and all R candidates are probably more conservative than more than half of the US, but...he was an R Whip for 6 years. Which is a leadership position.

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

283 Has Mona Charen piped up?

Posted by: From The Days Of Cable at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (oftw2)

284 277 He meant "Game of Thrones"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

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Austin AWFLs fucking love this twink.

Los Angeles AWFLs will too.

He's going to raise so much fucking money because Blexas is always an election cycle away, no matter whom they nominate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

285 I will interrupt you being Cornyn’s apologist for a moment: he’s been in the Senate 24 years yet has never had a leadership position. That should tell you even his own party has no use for him,
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Cornyn was Senate Minority Whip during the Reid era until 2014 and then became Majority Whip (no. 2 in leadership position) from 2016-18. He nearly beat Thune for majority leader (vote was 24-29).

Guy is plugged in especially to the old farts in the GOP Senate caucus.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (E4rtv)

286 I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.
____

Gaah! don't 'lift' the filibuster. 60 votes is for ending debate or "cloture". I wish people understood this. So, does he mean changing the cloture vote threshold to 50, or get on with the Senators getting a chance to 'debate' for many long hours. I hope it is that latter, because it protects both parties and it forces Senators to actually do their damn jobs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (Dv3i1)

287 The Trump era has really changed the playbook.
_-_
If the SAVE act becomes law and is effectively enforced, then that is true.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (vd6bO)

288 Abbot appoints some glorious candidate.

Not liking what I hear about Abbot's primary financial backing. It's beginning to sound like the Texas Republican Party is deep in the sheets with their outsized islamic community.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (uKtE+)

?? Outlawing Sharia law is on the ballot and there have been many other bills and actions to reign in that 'development.' I dont think Abbott is wobbly on any of this

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (lCppi)

289
286 I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.
____

Gaah! don't 'lift' the filibuster. 60 votes is for ending debate or "cloture". I wish people understood this. So, does he mean changing the cloture vote threshold to 50, or get on with the Senators getting a chance to 'debate' for many long hours. I hope it is that latter, because it protects both parties and it forces Senators to actually do their damn jobs.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (Dv3i1)

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I don't like his phrasing, but it's probably just having the actual debate instead of defaulting to the cloture vote.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (GBKbO)

290 would you rather have your enemy standing in front of you looking you in the eye, or a suppose Ally standing behind you fucking you in the ass every chance he gets? Would I vote for Talarico, no. But Cornyn can win without my vote, or so everyone says.

So fine. Win it without me.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:19 PM (nn0kD)
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Don't threaten me with a good time!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (3BwY8)

291 To me all this TX stuff is inside baseball, and all R candidates are probably more conservative than more than half of the US, but...he was an R Whip for 6 years. Which is a leadership position.
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

OK, let me rephrase: no committee chairs. And why was he the whip for only six years?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (fYhK6)

292 In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Ken Paxton wrote:

"The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.

I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.
John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill..."
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 01:17 PM (/eyIH)
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Yeah, the Save America Act is the most important domestic legislation in the hopper. Dirty dealing or not, it needs to be passed and placed on the Resolute Desk for the President's signature.

Posted by: mrp at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (rj6Yv)

293 278 That $70M that Cornyn spent on the primary (so far) is just an obscene amount of money for any political office. The more I think about it, the more it offends me. No, just no.... It's wasteful and gratuitous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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It's worse, outside groups spent about 30 million running Hunt and Paxton down. Paxton spent about 4 million. Both Cornyn and Paxton have an estimated 5 million apiece right now for the runoff.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)

294 276 He claims a 99% voting record with Trump. I can't vouch for that, but I have not heard anyone from the Paxton camp deny it. I don't live in TX so I don't pay as much attention to this one way or the other. Whoever is Senator in TX is out of my control.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

He claims that NOW. A few short years ago he was very cheerfully chirping that Trump was done and we need to move on. Trump wins again and now all of a sudden he’s Trump’s biggest buddy.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (fYhK6)

So, what you're saying is...he's a coward that will follow the alpha and the political winds. We could and have done way worse from Red states...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (tOcjL)

295 291 To me all this TX stuff is inside baseball, and all R candidates are probably more conservative than more than half of the US, but...he was an R Whip for 6 years. Which is a leadership position.
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

OK, let me rephrase: no committee chairs. And why was he the whip for only six years?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (fYhK6)

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I would take the "direct ties to McConnell" and run with that instead of wondering why Thune didn't recruit him to be whip again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

296 Haven't heard anything from Jack Posobiec in a long time.

What is his hot take? Jew hate?

I'm not on Twitter or any other social media and I'm happier for it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (xcxpd)

297 He meant "Game of Thrones"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Austin AWFLs fucking love this twink.

Los Angeles AWFLs will too.

He's going to raise so much fucking money because Blexas is always an election cycle away, no matter whom they nominate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Yup. See my comment above. Beto 2.0 only less furry and more gay. That's what spooked the powers that be, including even possibly Trump himself.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

298 Pubs would not really vote for Talarico instead of Cornyn, would they? Whyyyy?
Posted by: tubal at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (pDt9x)

They wouldn't vote for Talarico but they might withhold their vote from PAXTON and then masturbate furiously over their political purity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

299 CNN International PR
@cnnipr
Just in:
CNN Senior International Correspondent @fpleitgenCNN and his team have just crossed the border into Iran.
CNN is the first US network into the country since the start of the war.

-
Maybe the Ayatollah couldn't make up good enough lies on his own.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (FXNzP)

300 That $70M that Cornyn spent on the primary (so far) is just an obscene amount of money for any political office. The more I think about it, the more it offends me. No, just no.... It's wasteful and gratuitous

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What did he spend it on? It doesn't appear he blanketed the airwaves.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (sX1BW)

301 That $70M that Cornyn spent on the primary (so far) is just an obscene amount of money for any political office. The more I think about it, the more it offends me.

It wasn't his money, it was other people's. Makes you wonder why they think he's worth it, doesn't it?

Posted by: Oddbob at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (Fs0KI)

302 Talarico quoting gnostic gospels won't help with Catholics . He'll lose African Americans and be reduced to a voting bloc of soy boys and AWFLs . Good plan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (/C62k)

303 RMBS, I feel for your plight.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:20 PM

This is why we drink.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (kgE5c)

304 And why we can't have nice things.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (kgE5c)

305 297 Yup. See my comment above. Beto 2.0 only less furry and more gay. That's what spooked the powers that be, including even possibly Trump himself.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

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I seriously doubt anyone high up in the Republican Party is spooked about him. The oppo on Talarico is just...golden.

Trump more than likely wants to limit bad blood and money spent on a race he could potentially avoid. He probably also has positive personal interactions with Cornyn, so he doesn't hate him or anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:25 PM (GBKbO)

306 283 Has Mona Charen piped up?
Posted by: From The Days Of Cable at March 05, 2026 01:21 PM (oftw2)

Wow, she's still alive?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 05, 2026 01:25 PM (RfVfI)

307 Did Trump really lose Jack Poso, or is that part of the joke?

I must admit, I'm irony-deficient.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at March 05, 2026 01:25 PM (O4xuy)

308 302 Talarico quoting gnostic gospels won't help with Catholics . He'll lose African Americans and be reduced to a voting bloc of soy boys and AWFLs . Good plan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (/C62k)

=====

He's been saying the wokest of woke bullshit, layered with literal heresy, for years.

Black turnout is going to fucking crater.

It's going to be hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:26 PM (GBKbO)

309 Not liking what I hear about Abbot's primary financial backing. It's beginning to sound like the Texas Republican Party is deep in the sheets with their outsized islamic community.
Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 12:57 PM (uKtE+)

?? Outlawing Sharia law is on the ballot and there have been many other bills and actions to reign in that 'development.' I dont think Abbott is wobbly on any of this
Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (lCppi)

This shrieking about Sharia law makes me think that I am going to be marched at gunpoint tonight to the county courthouse to recite the Shehada.

It’s good red meat for RINOs like my State Rep to use to hide behind while doing real damage to the State. (TX-19 candidate Donald May WOULD NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT to the point where I could not figure out where he stood on any other issue. It’s a fine concern to address, but there ARE other problems at play.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:26 PM (fYhK6)

310 300 That $70M that Cornyn spent on the primary (so far) is just an obscene amount of money for any political office. The more I think about it, the more it offends me. No, just no.... It's wasteful and gratuitous

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What did he spend it on? It doesn't appear he blanketed the airwaves.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (sX1BW)

bribes or consultants or both

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 05, 2026 01:26 PM (xcxpd)

311 De mad mit dika boka
Hen hartsa we do woka.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 01:27 PM (EXyHK)

312 Iran says that I'm going to bitterly regret something.i need to know when this is supposed to start

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 05, 2026 01:27 PM (LOZbR)

313 Rick Perry is directly responsible for the muzzie growth in Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:27 PM (+nEug)

314 OK, let me rephrase: no committee chairs. And why was he the whip for only six years?
Posted by: Cow Demon

Usually you pick two tracks in the Senate. You either go for leadership or you go for getting seniority enough to get a committee chairmanship. Cornyn picked leadership. He was head of Senate Campaign Funding from 2009-13. Became Whip from 2012-2018, then was biding opportunity to go for majority leader when McConnell retired. Thune won out over him and Thune was the Majority/Minority whip from 2018-2024.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)

315 Do Texans really care who Trump endorses? Will it affect their vote?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Yes, definitely

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 01:28 PM (lCppi)

316 What did he spend it on? It doesn't appear he blanketed the airwaves.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (sX1BW)

I got a few thousand mailers and robo texts assuring me that John Cornyn is Trump’s bestest friend and he has voted with Trump 99% of the time!!! Did I mention that Cornyn voted with Trump 99% of the time??? Well, Cornyn voted with Trump 99% of the time.

NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:29 PM (fYhK6)

317 The new Ayatollah is calling for the blood of Trump... I thought the press told me they were willing to negotiate.?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 01:29 PM (VE6XX)

318 Claiming to be some super Christian and then quoting the Gospel of Thomas is a huge tell that it's a big charade. I've been in the church my whole life, my dad is a preacher and I've NEVER once heard any preacher anywhere quote the gospel of Thomas. It is definitely not a thing at all in Christian circles. This guy is scummy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 05, 2026 01:29 PM (xT8gx)

319 Making deals with RINOs to pass the Save Act means that the Save Act will be "enforced" by the same RINOs who don't want it passed in the first place.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 05, 2026 01:30 PM (KbCG3)

320 I got a few thousand mailers and robo texts assuring me that John Cornyn is Trump’s bestest friend and he has voted with Trump 99% of the time!!! Did I mention that Cornyn voted with Trump 99% of the time??? Well, Cornyn voted with Trump 99% of the time.

NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:29 PM (fYhK6)

Which means that he voted to confirm nominees while fucking us on legislation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:30 PM (ExV1e)

321 They wouldn't vote for Talarico but they might withhold their vote from PAXTON and then masturbate furiously over their political purity.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Sorry. I've held my nose and voted for who I didn't want but had to to win since Bush the Elder. Fuck it. I'm done voting for someone I despise just to lose to the other side.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:30 PM (nn0kD)

322 OK, let me rephrase: no committee chairs. And why was he the whip for only six years?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:22 PM (fYhK6)

If you want to make a point, make sure the foundation is solid. Take it in friendship, friend.

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:30 PM (GD0B3)

323 313 Rick Perry is directly responsible for the muzzie growth in Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:27 PM (+nEug)

Maybe if we had better immigration controls and would be more restrictive, this might not be an issue. I’d love to blame state officials but just can’t.
The Feds need to step up.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 01:30 PM (fYhK6)

324 318 Claiming to be some super Christian and then quoting the Gospel of Thomas is a huge tell that it's a big charade. I've been in the church my whole life, my dad is a preacher and I've NEVER once heard any preacher anywhere quote the gospel of Thomas. It is definitely not a thing at all in Christian circles. This guy is scummy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 05, 2026 01:29 PM (xT8gx)

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It's literal heresy and has been considered for more than a thousand years.

I can't think of a single Christian church that thinks of it any other way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:31 PM (GBKbO)

325 NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME.

Have there actually a hundred or more votes on things Trump took a position on?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 01:31 PM (EXyHK)

326 Yup. See my comment above. Beto 2.0 only less furry and more gay. That's what spooked the powers that be, including even possibly Trump himself.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

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I seriously doubt anyone high up in the Republican Party is spooked about him. The oppo on Talarico is just...golden.

Trump more than likely wants to limit bad blood and money spent on a race he could potentially avoid. He probably also has positive personal interactions with Cornyn, so he doesn't hate him or anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:25 PM (GBKbO)
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I'll bet they are spooked. That's the genesis of the entire dump-Paxton thing. The rentboy came out of nowhere, smashed the hyped heir apparent, raised assloads of money, will raise even more, etc. Of course they're spooked or at least are taking notice.

They think (correctly, IMO) that Cornyn will do better in the general against this rentboy than Paxton would. They don't want to take any chances.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

327 I got a few thousand mailers and robo texts assuring me that John Cornyn is Trump’s bestest friend and he has voted with Trump 99% of the time!!!

I don't remember Trump voting in the house or Senate once.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:31 PM (nn0kD)

328 They wouldn't vote for Talarico but they might withhold their vote from PAXTON and then masturbate furiously over their political purity.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Sorry. I've held my nose and voted for who I didn't want but had to to win since Bush the Elder. Fuck it. I'm done voting for someone I despise just to lose to the other side.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:30 PM (nn0kD)

I'm confused. Are you saying that you despise Paxton? If so, why?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:32 PM (ExV1e)

329 I'm assuming there are still operational ready sleeper cells of Iranians that were allowed to cross the border. Situational awareness and be well prepared for power outages.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:32 PM (Dv3i1)

330 247 Eh, look at Cornyn’s voting record. When you do that there’s very little that screams I’m a RINO. People are largely flogging him for that one vote.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Oh, please.
And don't begin to think that there was Bush money behind Hunt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 01:32 PM (MpEy/)

331
What did he spend it on? It doesn't appear he blanketed the airwaves.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 05, 2026 01:24 PM (sX1BW)

bribes or consultants or both
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

GOTV I think. Cornyn actually denied Paxton from getting a huge total from rural counties and was competitive across the state. Hunt was simply not a factor outside of east Texas but looking at totals, Cornyn did quite well in rural districts and that is why he ended up winning a plurality over Paxton.

I don't think Paxton's campaign was particularly well run and his lack of money (also a campaign fault in fundraising) probably kept him from winning at least the highest total of votes.

For a big state like Texas, you got to be able to raise funds. Cornyn did, Paxton didn't.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)

332 I seriously doubt anyone high up in the Republican Party is spooked about him. The oppo on Talarico is just...golden.

Because of that, the GOPe WON'T use it.

Comity and all.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:32 PM (nn0kD)

333 What did he spend it on? It doesn't appear he blanketed the airwaves.
Seriously? Those Cornyn ads were on every 10 minutes.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:33 PM (XMwZJ)

334 Did Jazzy Jazz's run raise Talarico's profile? Just wondering.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:33 PM (Nhyh3)

335 326 I'll bet they are spooked. That's the genesis of the entire dump-Paxton thing. The rentboy came out of nowhere, smashed the hyped heir apparent, raised assloads of money, will raise even more, etc. Of course they're spooked or at least are taking notice.

They think (correctly, IMO) that Cornyn will do better in the general against this rentboy than Paxton would. They don't want to take any chances.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

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Talarico was first in the race, spent $30 million, and then barely beat a social media star who came into the race 3 months later, entirely because of near universal black support.

96-4 black vote against him. And Blacks have a history of just...not turning out in statewide TX elections when their chosen candidates lose.

No way are they actually worried about the James "the southern border should be a welcome mat" "I quote the Gospel of Thomas" "white skin is a virus" "God is non-binary" "trans kids are beautiful" Talarico.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

336 I'm confused. Are you saying that you despise Paxton? If so, why?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

No, I am saying I won't vote for Cornyn for any fucking reason. Period. I'm done holding my nose to vote for someone.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:34 PM (nn0kD)

337 He's been saying the wokest of woke bullshit, layered with literal heresy, for years.

Black turnout is going to fucking crater.

It's going to be hilarious.
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You can't sling a dead cat without hitting a church in Texas.

"Crater" is his best-case scenario.

Wiping out down-ticket Dems is safe seats is now on the table.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (HXT0k)

338 For a big state like Texas, you got to be able to raise funds. Cornyn did, Paxton didn't.

I don’t think there was any way for Paxton to win a majority in the primary. But there was also no way he wouldn’t be in the top two. So he may have spent just enough to make sure that happened, saving his money for the runoff.

I hope, anyway.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (EXyHK)

339
"Well, I have my doubts."

Posted by: Gospel of Thomas 1:1 at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (HU4ZK)

340 For a big state like Texas, you got to be able to raise funds. Cornyn did, Paxton didn't.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)

Cornyn's been in office 24 years AND got Senate money. I bet if they'd both started tabula rasa and had to raise all their own money that the totals would have been much closer. It's the cross that challengers must bear.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (ExV1e)

341 Just checking in

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (EtnSa)

342 >> He probably also has positive personal interactions with Cornyn, so he doesn't hate him or anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
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He can't stand him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (MpEy/)

343 Rick Perry was great friends with Fethulla Gulen and allowing Muslim only schools in Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (+nEug)

344 332 Because of that, the GOPe WON'T use it.

Comity and all.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:32 PM (nn0kD)

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Doesn't need to be in TV ads (it will be).

It will flow out everywhere in every direction from every other source.

Talarico is a parody of what progressives wish Christians to be.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (GBKbO)

345 Eh, look at Cornyn’s voting record. When you do that there’s very little that screams I’m a RINO. People are largely flogging him for that one vote.
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You suck just ONE dick....

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

346

No one likes Cornyn but DC Rinos and lobbyists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 01:36 PM (MpEy/)

347 No, I am saying I won't vote for Cornyn for any fucking reason. Period. I'm done holding my nose to vote for someone.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:34 PM (nn0kD)

Consider yourself lucky ... I'm in Ca and I don't even get a chance to hold my nose and vote for someone most times..

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 01:36 PM (VE6XX)

348 Gay Lizard Boy has about the same appeal--probably less--then Beto. He'd get his ass kicked against Paxton or Cornyn.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:36 PM (XMwZJ)

349 “ Fundamentally Transforming the United States”….

“Fundamentally Fixing the United States…”

FIFY Ace my man.

Posted by: DoctorMew at March 05, 2026 01:36 PM (XodLO)

350 337 You can't sling a dead cat without hitting a church in Texas.

"Crater" is his best-case scenario.

Wiping out down-ticket Dems is safe seats is now on the table.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:35 PM (HXT0k)

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Basic partisanship will mean that Talarico will still get 85% of the black vote.

But turnout will be much lower from them than it would have been with Crockett. And the white AWFLs in Austin would have voted for Crockett no matter what.

Also, the state is R+14.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:36 PM (GBKbO)

351 Consider yourself lucky ... I'm in Ca and I don't even get a chance to hold my nose and vote for someone most times..
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 01:36 PM

I feel your pain.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (kgE5c)

352 People still watch TV?

Posted by: Hunh. Why? at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (HU4ZK)

353
Do Texans really care who Trump endorses? Will it affect their vote?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Yes, definitely
Posted by: LASue

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Sheesh. If Trump endorsed Chad Thad over Steve Hilton for California governor and I wanted Steve Hilton, I'd vote for Steve Hilton.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (pAy1S)

354 My friendzsh across the aisle...

Posted by: Zombie Sen McCain, King of Comity at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (Dv3i1)

355 Nood. SCOTUS ruling.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

356 They think (correctly, IMO) that Cornyn will do better in the general against this rentboy than Paxton would. They don't want to take any chances.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

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Talarico was first in the race, spent $30 million, and then barely beat a social media star who came into the race 3 months later, entirely because of near universal black support.

96-4 black vote against him. And Blacks have a history of just...not turning out in statewide TX elections when their chosen candidates lose.

No way are they actually worried about the James "the southern border should be a welcome mat" "I quote the Gospel of Thomas" "white skin is a virus" "God is non-binary" "trans kids are beautiful" Talarico.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:34 PM (GBKbO)
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You drastically over-estimate them. They are spooked.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

357 rickb223, I am right there with you. Piss on Cornyn he is not getting my vote.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (+nEug)

358 247 Eh, look at Cornyn’s voting record. When you do that there’s very little that screams I’m a RINO. People are largely flogging him for that one vote.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (wJXLk)

Me?

I'm still mad at him for tacitly supporting Lisa Murkowski in her Senate run AFTER she lost the primary to what's-his-face (Miller?).

Dude might have been nutter than a fruitcake, but at least it would have gotten Cocaine Bear out of there.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (SRRAx)

359 "The new Ayatollah is calling for the blood of Trump..."
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Yeah. Go with that.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (Nhyh3)

360 I remember when Posobiec tried to be clever and confront sawed off chump John Stewart in public. It backfired when Stewart got in his face calling him all the usual stereotypes and caricatures leftists use. Perfect time to be well within your rights to maintain some semblance of dignity as a man and punch Stewart in the face. Posobiec withered like a little bitch. Good thing for Posobiec conservatism sells.

Posted by: JROD at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (IlL6s)

361 Talarico is a parody of himself.

Jame Talarico was born James Dell Causey he changed his name to look better on the ballot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (MpEy/)

362 People still watch TV?
I was watching movies and such on streaming services. Still had Cornyn ads every 10 minutes. Gaaahh...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:39 PM (XMwZJ)

363 "The stupid voters, remember. The ones who want "change" without anything actually changing. The ones who demand massive transformations without any controversy or disruption." - ace

Oh come on, ace. Just on Monday Hegseth had to say the war (with Iran) "is not endless". What, 72 hours in? Have more faith in the voters (and commenters, in many cases).

Same situation, but beautiful, and a reminder of how different the country was (including the press): in 1991, a few days after the start of Desert Storm, a senior briefing officer at the DOD podium just held up the front page of that day's paper (Inqy, Post, Daily News, forget which). In huge letters, "War Drags On". He said nothing - the press began to crack up, getting the point all by themselves.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2026 01:41 PM (U/Byj)

364 , I am saying I won't vote for Cornyn for any fucking reason. Period. I'm done holding my nose to vote for someone.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 01:34 PM (nn0kD
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I feel the same.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 05, 2026 01:41 PM (f1kZG)

365 I'm the first to admit that I really don't understand Texas. It's the strangest State in America to me. But from the outside looking in, my simplistic, reductive read on it is this: it is very Republican, and not very conservative. IOW, the strongest bulwark of the GOPe. I suspect this might be because it was so Democrat for so long that the Republicans there had to become liberal to win it over.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 05, 2026 01:43 PM (BI5O2)

366 feels like more of a clickbait farmer than an intellect.
Posted by: Marcus T

That's exactly what he is. His brain wouldn't entertain an original thought even if it promised him a BJ with no strings attached.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (aTDpM)

367 That's exactly what he is. His brain wouldn't entertain an original thought even if it promised him a BJ with no strings attached.
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Don't want my dick to have strings attached.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 05, 2026 01:45 PM (pZ64F)

368 NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME.

I suppose it's possible. They have cast many thousands of votes and only passed 79 laws. Lots of wiggle room there.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (EJWxb)

369 Having marginally higher approval than soft weak Barry wouldn't be impressive (i.e., a statistical blip) buuuuuuuuuuuuut, there has been a nonstop unhinged decade long media attack on Trump but they couldn't seem to keep Jesus and Obama straight in their coverage. Big W for Drumpth, little Barry leads like he works out in Polish gyms

Posted by: Joker of Clubs at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (KfeB1)

370 What's most interesting about that graph isn't that Trump is more popular at this point than the two other loathsome limpdicks.

What's most interesting is that they all trend down almost identically, and even as they go down the "ups and downs" of the curves are very similar.

The graph for Trump and Gay Lightbringer are so similar you can almost map one on top of the other. No, it's not perfect, but it's much closer than I would have expected.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

I suspect the graphs reflect the pollster's own morale as much as than the populace's views.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (8avO+)

371 3 >>>Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
The Save America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass, and I'm committed to helping President Trump get it done.
I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act.

I thought as much.. Wonder what Trump promised Paxton ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 12:40 PM (VE6XX)

Plenty of important jobs to do in the country, and there will be other elections even for Senate.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 05, 2026 02:26 PM (8avO+)

372 Isn't is wonderful, that BHO has been ...

Un-presidented?

LOL. No more king hussein of USA!

Posted by: Tarbender, formerly QJ at March 05, 2026 02:26 PM (rdVOm)

373 This is also like a difference between the English vs French model of aristocracy. It always seemed like the english was more egalitarian and more upwardly mobile than the French. It seemed like there was more a commoner could do there. Whereas the French just kept becoming more and more an actual physical and qualitative difference between the people ruling and those ruled. And the French kept going that way until 'betters.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 05, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

The English nobility tended to get knocked on the head or executed in the various civil wars which tended to keep them from fully digging their power in like was possible in France

Posted by: Oldcat at March 05, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)

374 That CNN screenshot shows more fake news in the chiron: "20% chance Noem leaves"

Posted by: scottst at March 05, 2026 02:40 PM (PCHuB)

375 They were just Fishermen!

THEY WERE JUST SHOWING THE FLAG IN INDIA!

THEY HAD A RIGHT TO UNMOLESTED PASSAGE BACK TO IRAN!

WHAT PART OF ***INTERNATIONAL WATERS*** DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 12:48 PM (n1OCj)

Now the flag can be permanently on loan to India.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 05, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)

376 Oh, look...video of Talarico citing the Gospel to support transgenderism:

@Protestia
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23h
Texas senate hopeful James Talarico uses the gnostic 'Gospel of Thomas' to prove that Jesus was a feminist, offering that men must not be male, but must be female, and vice versa.

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Oh, the Gospel of Thomas is in Bibles, right?

There is a solid chance that Talarico has the worst performance for a statewide Democrat in like 20 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:19 PM (GBKbO)

No, it isn't in the Bible. He's not gonna with those thumpers with this line.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 05, 2026 02:49 PM (8avO+)

377 Someone gave him a stat and not knowing any farmers nor the agriculture industry, he turned it into fake news analysis from one true factoid, Persian Gulf provides fertilizer and that is at risk.

He assumed it meant the US would be affected because he never bothered to do a few clicks to find out.
Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

Presumably US fertilizer comes from US refineries.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 05, 2026 02:52 PM (8avO+)

378 Paxton would not lose. But the money and hype machine behind that gay homosexual retard faggot, and his thrashing in the primary of an even more heavily hyped Next Big Thing, has spooked a lot of people on our side.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

That's nuts. Crockett was a totally fake construction by the Democrats in a safe district. Once the hand puppet lost the hand, she collapsed like the scrap of cloth she was. This new guy is just a different hand puppet.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 05, 2026 03:03 PM (8avO+)

379 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYx5tIrsB0w

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 05, 2026 03:11 PM (jrgJz)

380 I have thought, since Noem was selected as Secretary of DHS that her selection was a Trump mistake. So, I'm not surprised that she is being shuffled off to some no-name, no-budget position. I watched the Noem ad making the internet rounds.........and it is definitely a political ad iMO, paid for by taxpayers, that was made to highlight her brand. Was she thinking that she'd run for President in 2028?

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